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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain James Carroll Byrnes, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of Ordnance Stations Section from September 1939 to August 1945.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Smith

    Action Date:

    July 1, 1918 & August 15, 1918

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander James Carroll Byrnes, Jr., United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. SMITH, operating in the War Zone and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and cargo vessels through the area of submarine activity and in rescuing the crews of the torpedoed ships S.S. COVINGTON, 1 July 1918 and U.S.S. WESTBRIDGE 15 August 1918.